In grain-binders



1 LOTTRIDGE, oF CHARLES CITY, IOWA.

` spelcreoaog fol-mingparuoflLutersPom Nef 107,933, dated oqther 4,1810.

proper time. I ,iso trogh arranged AlfGlieziflesuGityfflllllheeoouty``ijorhe. outerelld of thellletferm, and K iS` eltwlstngsopiildle,mounted in the'front been;

L" of the, platform-fle revolvein thetreugh- It twising `etteehireut4'nlV the Straw, which fallo 'oto-oro'pe, wllih novo-f the epi-edle; i

@impasses overtime gill'rlerollers, N upto and around theorem X,thence-over thepulley N2 `tie `alle binding apparatus ,Foreryngilheamoout of Straw delireledov ough, on. adjustable; geom-wire,Oi.

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being eondoet'esl over o other eedihlg e thelplvot beleg'iuxedbearinggTbelowor certain-lm ondfofobio jaw i@ "connectedtothesliding berllroviug erelilor reeessee S3 ebftl'leljoletlioll of? the twolcorvodybars eonetinuting the yoke,

@dolle lllller `ed-gos, of @he .solo here @reformed w l l ou@urvedligne'of a rodiusequal tothe dis- `tagpoe fromme wrisgpin of the@reuk T tothe -asLloftT1, from `outrodel `*no outside; The yoke is searranged thai-fthe wrist-plu of the crank onlywmovee it when it. folle`inte 'the recesses Se the angle S ef ehe bers, consequently the nyokes,have two movements `and, two periodos `rof reseeeoell revolution 0fVtlleernk-sheft. @his shaft l posses, .along uuderthe freine D p. llplebfo |11 0f lleh the Igrollfirs; eoufsed' toiell l reelwhonfcut; ltfissupported "by tho jointodl ayrsBvB, thellatter being oouneetedogtoutho lf mounted;oinwsuitehleelevoted supports rearward fromfpho l rear eudorthe' o w rame :Dfextellllil "@*wheeleofftheherr lomlfrop' to roar,2mdgoaro, by a wheel, CE2,l lwith opinion, T3, ou `the. axles ofthedriving- 1 togetberujd annovemeub io l@heA other dirsoframe D lis arritieowllfelose zthem. r These jews terminante llieh -eorrythe out;` w w,fliGiillldldeIi-yerit forholdirlg and disoharging it? 1` o onto a reel,

form a; horizontal ring, The jaw Pl isy provdedwith a Yortioolextension, u, bent: outd ou.' theorem-board es. to divide v The.formeel. spirotedyet Qf'll *l i having o curved. islet Whiel allows warda suitable distance, and then rising parallel with the vertical aXis ofthe ring P3, and supports, on arms al and u2, a spindle, V, in the saidaxis, carrying at the lower end a twister, consisting ofthe hooks V1 andradial plates V2. It also supports, on an larm, a3, a band-carrier, a4,consisting of a crotched wire mounted in a revolving arm, W, connectedto a pinion, W1, journaledl in the end ot arm a3. The spindle of thetwister is revolved by a shaft, V3, having a wheel, V4, gearing with apinion, V5, on it. The said shaft is supported on the upright extensionu ot theja-w P1, and on an arm, V6, pivoted at V7, .and connected at thelower end to a slide arranged and op,- erated, the same .as the slideS1, by other cranks in the shaft T1, the' said arrangement being shownin crosssection, Fig. 4. There is a locking-spring which rises upthroughA a hole in the end of the bearing a3 into a holejn the pinion,to' hold it in the position represented infFig. 2; The rope of straw ispassed across the' top of the jaws, and engaged with the rope-holder u,as shown in dot-ted linesin Fig. 2. The straw is delivered into the armsof the reel H .from the carrying-belts, and is retained by them untilthe opening ot' the jaws. The reel is held against turning by aspring-pawl. H, engaging a ratchet, H2, on the shaft of the reel.

The jaw P carries on an arm, Q', rising from it near the top, a curvedbar, X, provided with cogs on one side and arranged to gear with thepinion VVl when the jaws come together to turn th'e'rope-carrier. Thisbar X also carries a projection, X1, on the upper face, whichcoines'incontaet with one of the short arms X2 ot the reel Hrwhen thejaws are opening,

and turns'it'a quarter ot' a revolution to deliver the grain held by itinto the space between the jaws for binding and onto the rope stretchedacross the space above the trough 'Xi gether, doubling the rope over thegavel and holding it so that each of the hooks V1 of the twister-engages one part of the rope and gear witha pair of gears, Y, at thefront end of the frame, which gear with the shaft T1 and have a constantmotion. The projec-` tion XI moves under the shortngers when closingwithout turning the reel. At the saine time that the jaws are broughttogether the rope-holderu4 is released from the locking-spring VV2 bythe under side of the arm X,*which, passing above the spring which isbent up'rin front of the arm a3 for the purpose, pressesiit down out ofthe hole in the pinion. The-latteris'then set in motion by lhearmI Xj,and swings around .so that the forked -rope-holder comes into theposition represented iii-Eig. l, and engages the rope previous to thecutting, which is eiiected by the twister drawing the rope across one ofthe The jaws are then moved to4v cutters, Z1, Xed to the end of the arma3. a represents the tucker, consisting ot' the spiral termination ot'avshaf't, al, mounted in the jaw P1, and a bracket, a2, attached thereto, the end of the said spiral rod being provided with a hook, a3, fortirst passing under the band below the twist at the junction ot' the twoparts, twisted together to raise it, and with another forked hook, a,which takes the twist near the end and tucks it under the band. Theouter end of this tucker-shaft is twisted or provided with spiral ribsor vancs at b, which work through a bearing properly formed on thebracket a2, to cause the tncker lto move endwise at the time the hookraises the band to make more room for the twisted part to be tuckedunder. This tucker-spindle is turned by a cross-band, b1, connected atone end to a retracting-spring,b2, and at the other to an arm, b3,supported on an axis, b4, and projecting at one end into the path of atappet-arm, d, on an axis, d1, having a wheel, d2, gearing with a wheel,d3, connected with the train Y, which is set in motion by the shaft T1,the said arm being arrangcdso as to come iii-contact with bar b3 at theproper time to turn the tucker, .whichl is thereby turned until the armd escape from the lever b3, which is then thrown. back. by the spring b2to its normal position, ready for the` next operation.

e is a spring against which the arm b3 strikes when it goes back, toease ,the shock. f is a discharger attached to a strap or band, f1,connected at onel end to a spring, f2, and at the other end to a loosecrank, f3, on the axis d1 of the wheel d2, which is carried back. wardby the pin f4, drawing the discharger and the springs'back until thesaid crank is let free from the pin by passing beyond the line from theend ofthe spring f2 through the axis d1; then the Vspring throws thediseharger forward-against the sheaf and forces it out of the trough.

HavingA thus described my invention, yI claim as new and desire tosecureJ by Letters Patenty l. The combination of the twisting-spindle,the belt L, and straw-carrier rollers, substantiallyvas specified. l

2. The combination, with the twisting-spindle K, of the adjustablestraw-guide 0, substantially as specified.

3. The tucker a", provided with the liftinghook a3, constructed andoperating substantially as specied. f

4. The combination of the tu zker an twister, constructed and operatingas speci- 5. The combination, with the rope-holder and its pinion W1, ofthe spring-holder W2 and rack-bar X, substantially as specified.

6. The combination ot' the jaws P P1 and reel H and endless carrier,constructed, arranged, and operating substantially as specified. Y

7. The combination with the reel and tur11- j ing arms an? of the armand projection w1, of the cord b1, lever b3, crank D, and spring`substantially as specified.` 112, substantially as specified. i 8. Thecombination and arrangement of the jaw P1 and extension a thereon,twister-spiudle V, shaft V3, arm V6, and gears Y, substan Witnesses:

WILLIAM LOTTRIDGE.

` tially as specified. `HENRY PRESTON, l

9. rlrhe combination, with thetuckershaft a1, ERI PRESTON.

